(a) If a dangerous building or a public nuisance is not abated within the period set forth in the notice and as required by this Chapter or within the period set forth in the building permit issued by the Mayor, or within such additional time as the Residential Board of Appeals may grant, the Building Inspector shall be authorized, at any time thereafter, to enter upon such premises and abate the dangerous building and/or public nuisance by demolition and removal of the building or structure or by taking any such action as may be required. No owner, occupant or tenant, shall refuse entry for inspections ordered under this Chapter.
(b) In abating such dangerous building or public nuisance, the Mayor may call upon any department, division or bureau of the Village for whatever assistance may be necessary or may, by private contract, obtain the abatement thereof, and the cost of such private contract shall be paid for from funds specifically authorized by Council in order to abate such dangerous buildings and/or nuisances.
(c) In abating such unsafe building or public nuisance, the Mayor may go to whatever extent necessary to complete the abatement of the same, all costs of the abatement as provided by this Chapter, including, but not limited to inspection fees, repairs, expenses for barricading and demolition, shall be recovered from the Owner, and shall be a charge and lien against the premises that the dangerous building public nuisance is upon, by the following procedure:
(1) The Owner shall be billed directly by certified mail for the cost of the abatement; the bill for the cost of the abatement shall be paid within 30 days after receipt of the bill.
(2) If costs are not recovered, then the Village shall cause the cost of the abatement to be levied as an assessment and recovered in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 715.261. The cost of the abatement shall be certified by the Village Clerk/Treasurer to the Lorain County Auditor, and the cost shall be a lien upon the property and shall be collected as other taxes.
(Ord. 1600-18. Passed 11-12-18.)